LA has been so friggen hot.
i'm use to San Francisco and this kinda heat makes me shrivel. it makes me drip sweat, it makes me irritable.
but i still am enjoying myself here. i've meet a bunch of fun folks. some bike buddies. and a whole lot of locals down at the little joy.
i've also been tattooing like there is... Read More

i'm at the end of a crazy work day.
tired, hungry, and a bit cranky.
tattoos all day, for the last week or so it's been this way.
tomorrow is 4 more appointments. i'm not complaining. i love putting on the tats.
I'm overdue for a day off though.
i'm a bit of a workaholic. i've worked 7 days... Read More

I'm allergic - very slightly, to the red ink. it raises and itches like mad occasionally, but I just ignore it and it'll go away. Oddly, I got some red on my inner ankles in japan and it's fine - whatever they used there I'm completely ok with!

Sometimes i think i've seen more 4ams then the average citizen. Being a night stalker isn't all that bad really. You get to see newpapers being dropped off. It's one of the only times i get to see wildlife in the city, cats, rats and racoons mostly. And watching the night sky give way to morning light is one of my all... Read More

I've seen plenty of 4 AM's. Sometimes I miss living in New Orleans and watching the sun come up over the French Quarter. Then again, I love looking at the mountains, so I guess it's all in how you look at it....

I need someone to watch the sun rise with again. That used to be fun. I vaguely remember it.

I think there have been two people that I have really loved, and that (I hope) have really loved me. Sometimes I think that's more than most people get, and that I've used it up already. Mostly I hope for even better. I don't know.

Had the honor and privlege to spend the evening with good friends in Oakland. Went to the Cornu[c]opia werehouse and was stuffed with leftovers, rode skateboards and bikes around inside their space and parcipated in an intense pictionary battle. And to wrap it all up we watched Mean Machine projected on the living room wall. These are the kind of people that make... Read More